Q. When we receive rough lumber, there are end cracks, end checks and checking in the rough state. Further processing, drying, rough planning and gang ripping will expose more of these characteristics ...

When you have a board with a grain that run off the edge of the in a bad way, cut a new edge, while the board is still rough, that more truly follows the grain. The following is an excerpt from ...

While the forestry service provides a use case for UHF RFID technology—tracking each felled tree, or each cut plank from forest to retail—there hasn’t been an RFID tag that is uniquely suited for this ...

Every turn of the lathe reveals something new! Watch me turn rough timber into smooth, polished masterpieces. I've had this half Ash log lying around in the workshop for a couple of years, it has some ...

Q. I need to install some doors at my house. I've never done it before. A friend told me to make the rough opening for the door and frame larger than the actual door frame dimensions. This seems odd ...